Special Forces Aircraft is a dynamic guide to the specialist
aircraft and UAVs deployed by Special Forces throughout the world
today.
Special Forces are a key component of every modern army, capable of
carrying out clandestine operations, reconnaissance, and incisive
attacks behind enemy lines. Units such as the British SAS, the US Navy
SEALs, the US Army's Delta Force, the Polish GROM, and France's National
Gendarmerie Intervention Group are famous for their bravery and
formidable record. Aircraft are a key element of their functionality,
without which Special Forces would not be able to move quickly to the
combat zone. Arranged into chapters divided by transports, gunships,
helicopters, and unmanned aerial vehicles, the book includes the AC-130H
gunship, which can be armed with weapons such as the M61 Vulcan rotary
cannon and can destroy ground targets from a range of 1.2 miles; the
CV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft, which can land large numbers of men and
material in tight spaces because of its STOL capabilities; the
Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin II, used by the British Joint Special Forces
Aviation Wing (JSFAW) for the insertion of small units behind enemy
lines; and the Mil Mi- 171Sh Storm rotorcraft, used by the Russian
Spetsnaz commandos for operations in difficult terrain.
